Jews & Christians need not fear

[Sardar Miyan]

5:69
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَالَّذِينَ هَادُوا وَالصَّابِئُونَ

 وَالنَّصَارَىٰ مَنْ آمَنَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحًا فَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ
5:69
Surely those who believe and those who are Jews and the Sabians and the Christians whoever believes in Allah and the last day and does good-- they shall have no fear nor shall they grieve.
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Salam All , Is this Ayah refers to the Jews & Christians of past prior to Islam or those who were born after declaration of Islam by Allah ?

[Ismail]

Salaam.

It only means whosoever eschews paganism, and believes in God, and in the Hereafter, and does good deeds.

For, those who do shirk and assume intercessors in the Hereafter, cannot be genuinely God-fearing unless they eschew their wrong premise.

The verse is not bound to any historical period.

Regards,
A. Ismail Sait.

[Sardar Miyan]

Thanks for reply by  which I assume that even though the Jews & Christians don't believe Quran & the
Last Prophet Mohammad SA they will be rewarded if they do good & believe in Last Day provided they do not do shirk.

[Ismail]

Salaam.

It is not like not believing in Prophet Muhammed. For, the rule in the Qur’an is that we should not discriminate in favor of or against any of God’s Prophets. (2:136, 2:285)
   
That means we must accept each and every one of them with equal fervor.

That is what accrues from 2:62 and 5:69 also.

For, Belief in God, Belief in the Hereafter, and Good Deeds are the only things sought by each and every one of God’s Prophets.

Whatever else we find in the Scriptures are only the details.

That means belief in any one of God's Prophets means belief in all His Prophets.

Conversly, rejecting any of God's Prophets amounts to rejecting all of God's Prophets.

Obviously, all those who believe in the basics, accept truth wherever it is found.

The subject you have raised is so important, that it should be made very clear.

The bane of religion is that its leaders have more often than not complicated matters, and confounded things.

Thus they have separated the people from the Right Path, and scattered them away! (6:151-152-153)

Regards,
A. Ismail Sait.